I still disagree with your post that a coefficient of 0 for you in someone’s mind implies murder for pocket change.
I believe this is exactly what it means, unless there is a chance of punishment or being hurt by victim’s self-defense or a chance of better alternative interaction with given person. Do you assume that there is always a more profitable interaction? (What if the target says “hey, I just realized that you are a psychopath, and I do not want to interact with you anymore”, and they mean it.)
Could you please list the pros and cons of deciding whether to murder a stranger who refuses to interact with you, if there is zero risk of being punished, from the perspective of a psychopath? As I see it, the “might get some pocket change” in the pro column is the only nonzero item in this model.
unless there is a chance of punishment or being hurt by victim’s self-defense or a chance of better alternative interaction with given person.
There always is that chance. That’s mostly our disagreement. Using real-world illustrations (murder) for motivational models (utility) really needs to acknowledge the uncertainty and variability, which the vast majority of the time “adds up to normal”. There really aren’t that many murders among strangers. And there are a fair number of people who don’t value others’ very highly.
I believe this is exactly what it means, unless there is a chance of punishment or being hurt by victim’s self-defense or a chance of better alternative interaction with given person. Do you assume that there is always a more profitable interaction? (What if the target says “hey, I just realized that you are a psychopath, and I do not want to interact with you anymore”, and they mean it.)
Could you please list the pros and cons of deciding whether to murder a stranger who refuses to interact with you, if there is zero risk of being punished, from the perspective of a psychopath? As I see it, the “might get some pocket change” in the pro column is the only nonzero item in this model.
There always is that chance. That’s mostly our disagreement. Using real-world illustrations (murder) for motivational models (utility) really needs to acknowledge the uncertainty and variability, which the vast majority of the time “adds up to normal”. There really aren’t that many murders among strangers. And there are a fair number of people who don’t value others’ very highly.